Maurice White the founder of Earth, Wind & Fire is now gone, and we want to go back and share our thoughts on this brilliant group. In 1969, Windy City musician Maurice White, Al McKay, Andrew Woolfolk, Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Larry Dunn formed the “Salty Peppers.” The band had regional success, but eventually […]
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Catching Up on Michael Bublé
Four-time Grammy Award winner Michael Bublé turned 40 last fall. Recently, he and his wife Luisana Lopilato were blessed with another bundle of joy – their second child, born in late January of this year. Noah, their first born, came into this world in 2013. He also has this name tattoo’d on his wrist. Bublé […]
Elton John’s Oscar Party
For 24 years, Elton John has hosted an Oscar’s party after the award show and raised money for AIDS. Well this past party raised over $6 million, making it a huge success of his foundation. What an increase in money raised, as he says that his first party raised $300,000. At one point in the […]
A Two-Time Half-Time Performer
Bruno Mars was marvelous at the NFL’s big game a few weeks ago, so we should find out a little more about this continuing to rise star. Born in Honolulu Hawaii as Peter Gene Hernandez in 1985, Bruno Mars has been able to sustain great success over the last 10 years, telling fans that he’s […]
Monday’s Music Headlines
It’s Monday, so we need to get you the Monday Music New headlines. Hey lets be careful out there and get through the week without incident. Prince recently announced that he will be on tour, but did not tell anyone where he’ll be playing. Said differently he’s being very coy about dates, and not using […]
Beatles Themed Weekend Headlines
It’s been a busy past week, so let’s catch up to the many headlines that have come across the waves recently. Let’s start it off with Yoko Ono and her recent sickness that caused her to go to a hospital… Yoko Ono was released from the hospital over the weekend in New York after being […]
Motown The Musical
If you get a chance this upcoming Spring, be sure to buy tickets to see Motown: The Musical, which is a very popular Broadway show that is now touring the country. The wonderful stage performance is based on Berry Gordy’s autobiography as the head talent master of the Motown music era. Diana Ross and The […]
Remembering Whitney – Part Two
Whitney Houston passed away only days from the 2012 Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The recent Grammy show brought back him memory of her life and death, so let’s finish our look at the icon and wonderful Whitney Houston. Whitney was wonderful in the film ‘The Bodyguard’ with Kevin Costner, but that wasn’t the […]
Remembering Whitney – Part One
The Grammys were held a while ago, making us remember the tragic death of Whitney Houston as she passed away so close to the 2012 Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Let’s take a couple of days and remember her. Although Whitney married singer Bobby Brown (many of Whitney’s relatives hold Bobby responsible for Whitney’s […]
Jackson Browne the Everyman – Part Two
Jackson Browne is back on the road, and fondly remembered Glenn Frey in Glenn’s untimely death las month. It’s an excuse to share more fun facts from one of our favorite singers and activists. Here are our favorite Jackson Browne songs. “Running on Empty” was a song used by then Presidential candidate John McCain as […]